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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.19
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 104: Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals. Rāma steps into the gold-adorned sandals and returns them, Bharata circles him and prepares to depart
In the sequence: he repeats that he will not break the promise and asks Bharata to treat Kaikeyī as his mother despite what happened
2.104.19
kāmād vā tāta lobhād vā mātrā tubhyam idaṃ kṛtam
na tan manasi kartavyaṃ vartitavyaṃ ca mātṛvat
Whether from desire or from greed, dear one, your mother did this for you — it must not be taken to heart, and she must be treated as a mother.
Words: kāmād — from desire; vā — whether; tāta — dear one; lobhād — from greed; vā — or; mātrā — by the mother; tubhyam — for you; idaṃ — this; kṛtam — done; na — not; tan — that; manasi — to heart; kartavyaṃ — to be taken; vartitavyaṃ — she is to be treated (behaved toward); ca — and; mātṛvat — as toward a mother
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.